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School teachers and principals across the country have agreed to stage New Zealand’s largest-ever strike as negotiations with the Ministry of Education continue to stall. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Rui Roa announced the move…
Earlier this week a trade unionist wrote for The Spinoff about the rise of public service strike action under the Labour government. Today former Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty shares her perspective. I have heard more than a few complaints that…
Primary school teachers have today announced they are prepared to strike to get a significant pay hike. A pay deal with the government ends next year, but teachers say they aren’t prepared to accept a raise of between just one…
Primary teachers and principals have committed to taking action next year in order to give every child more teacher time, and attract more people to teaching. At their annual conference in Rotorua today, members of NZEI Te Riu Roa committed to fighting for pay…
And so it begins. The non-sensical dribble spews forth from the under-secretary of Education, who gets into a lucrative position on the back of one electorate described on Wikipedia as an “exclusive, affluent suburb of Auckland”. That’s right. Mr. Seymour…
Three years ago the government announced their latest plan for collectives of schools to get together and share in the pot of $359 Million to share teachers, resources, and knowledge. Naturally, and rightly, NZEI took the initiative to their members.…
There’s been quite a lot on the go this week in educational politics. But this one is one that should have every parent, school, and child very concerned. Education Minister Hekia Parata defends trainee teachers in new legislation At the…
In the last five years there has been a dramatic shift in Education. Since this government (National) came into power in 2009, they have been non-stop in making wholesale changes across the sector. There is an old Māori whakataukī that…
There has been many thoughts around the PaCT tool and it’s use or non-use by New Zealand schools. New Zealand Educational Institute (union for primary teachers, NZEI) has warned against it, but they are bound to do so given the current…